I have a 16 horse opposed twin horizontal shaft engine that is pressure lubed and it has a tapered shaft on it. I was wondering if a vertical engine that is pressure lubed as well would have the same crank shaft or if there is any difference in them at all? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What is the difference between the vertical and horizontal, other than the PTO length?I turned a 46 pressure lube into a horizontal this year and ran it all summer in a twin enginepuller with 0 issues. On the rear engine I had the crank cut off and keyed to acceptmy coupler setup. Probably cheaper to get a crank, but if you can't find one you couldmake it.

This is a true pressure lube engine i have had the pan off it has the oil pump and sump and everything like it should and i have come to find that they are pretty rare, but if i cant find a new crank i may just machine it and key it to make it work like ti need.